Fog
crawls over snow frosted peaks
Candyfloss
covering ice cream tips
Slowly
drifting like a river downstream
Melting
away with the touch of dawn
Reveal
cragged edges worn through time
Slipping
away in the mists of the morning
Vista
changes, becomes a landscape of steel
Twisted
metal corpses glisten in the sun
Solidity
of sanctuary wallows in ruin
Empty
streets ring with their silence
The
life that was here dead and forgotten
Lost
and betrayed by the ravages of man
Shining
seas now glimmer and taunt
Shallow
waters that calmed and caressed
Glistening
now from the flames on the surface
Haze
of the sun no longer reflected
As
the tide washes out, bones lie unmoving
And
the calm waters edge invites you to dance
On
the horizon, the siren, she beckons
With
the smile of a clown you dance to her call
Reaching
out for the warm caress of her touch
Her
toothless smiles reveal the truth in her song
And
with eyes wide open pull back from her grasp
Fall
into the waters shaking with fear
That
pestilent world, forgotten for now
Deep
in your soul you await her return
Like
a time-delayed bomb going off in your head
When
next you lay down, her revenge will be spiteful
Till
you wake in a sweat soaked crib on your own
And
your life flashes by, all at once, in a dream
©
Fergus Martin
Oct
2013
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